%0 Journal Article %T The relevance of studying soil microflora in the vicinity of solid waste disposal sites (the case of Kaliningrad) %A Sadovnikov P. %A Kurkina M. %J Vestnik Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University %D 2013 %I Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University %X This paper addresses the problem of solid waste disposal and considers the impact of disposal sites on the urban environment. The author examines the role of microorganisms in the process of soil self-purification and provides data on the condition of the soil microflora in Kaliningrad according to the level of pollution, as well as the ways to study the soil microflora in the vicinity of the disposal site in the suburb of Alexander Kosmodemyanski in Kaliningrad. %K urban ecosystems %K solid waste %K soil %K microflora %U http://journals.kantiana.ru/upload/iblock/57b/Sadovnikov%20P.,%20Kurkina%20M._21-26.pdf